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Book: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

James Kry, Sukainah Hasan, Nasir Duppins, & Tristan Mayberry

Podcast Summary:

In this podcast, we’ve discussed skin color. Throughout the book, skin color played a huge part in the book. The first event was Pecola getting judged by a boy named Junior. Junior continues to bully Pecola just because she’s a girl and how “ugly” she was. Another event happened with Pauline. When Pauline moved to another town with her husband, black women judged her for her appearance and the way she talks. Lastly, since black women don’t have a say in what they can do, they find other living things to cater to as an example of choice.

Link to Podcast:

https://youtu.be/0uJK2g3Flyk

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

In this episode, we discussed McMurphy’s change in demeanor, Chief Bromden’s new state of mind, and the disappearance of fog. We also examined the text through 3 literary lenses, a Feminist lens, a New Historicist lens, and a Marxist lens. In the end, we cast our predictions for the end of the book. Come back next week for our final episode!

Pages Referenced: Bromdon (Quotes): 129,130,131,132, 141 McMurphy: 146,147,148,149,159,166,167

https://www.wevideo.com/view/2007492908

Students will have a noon dismissal time on 1/15. The modified virtual class schedule is indicated below.

Friday, 1/15

09:00am - 09:55am B2 Band

10:00am - 10:55am X2 Band

11:00am - 11:55am E2 Band

By: Ashton, Clare, Lucia, Kofi, Ian & Aigner

In today’s podcast we talk about the author Ken Kesey and his inspiration for his first novel, “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest”. We dive into the narrator Chief Bromden’s unique circumstances and his role in the institution. Having been the longest patient in the ward Bromden introduces the many patients, both Chronic and Acute, telling their stories, and their roles in the ward. Were also introduced to the Head Nurse, Miss Ratched as well as the rebellious newcomer McMurphy. McMurphy is shaking things up, will he uphold his streak? Will he win the bet?

https://www.wevideo.com/view/1999491999

Book: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest By Ken Kesey

Hannah, Nile, Kavina, Gabe, and Mawusse

In our first podcast, we discussed how power dynamics relates to societal structures in psychiatric wards, and what is considered acceptable/not acceptable. who has the right to have power and not have power? We get a chance to explore one of the main characters: Nurse Ratched, who runs the Psychiatric ward through a system of conformity and roles. the narrator, Chief Bromden, pretends to be deaf and dumb as a role in the ward, but when Mcmurphy, a rebellious newcomer enters the conversation of order and roles, things take an unexpected turn. Join us, as we do an in-depth exploration of the struggle with power/power dynamics, conformity, and freedom within the book.

Introduction - Experiments in the ’60s/ Psychiatric Ward

Page 30 - Breakdown of how Nurse Ratched chooses staff